The Action Camera race heats up, a World Champ crashes and an E-bike that looks the part…
Garmin jumps the gun with spherical footage editing
Mountain Biking has changed a lot in the last 15 years not least of all with the advent of the ‘action camera’ and YouTube revolutionising the way that us bikers document and share our rides. Claiming (and holding on to) sponsorship deals used to be a heck of a lot more difficult before capturing video was made so much easier and now GPS nerds Garmin are jumping in to make it that much easier. Their new HyperFrame software allows users to edit 360-degree, beating GoPro to the punch before their imminent announcement of what everyone is assuming to be a similar product.
Rest your legs with this smooth electric ride
It seems that with each passing year there’s always a shiny new e-bike tempting hard cycling bikers away from their analogue rides onto something a little easier. Up until now, it’s been relatively easy to resist these offerings – however Vintage Electric’s Scrambler might well put a stop to that. Whilst this handsome scrambler hybrid bike might well burn a hole in the pocket of even the richest of bikers ($6,995 RRP), it’s 30 mph top speed and 35 mile range makes it a serious option as a commute vehicle replacement…
Katy Winton replacing Rachel Atherton at Foxhunt
We’re weeks away from Red Bull’s Fox Hunt and there’s been a rather crucial change to the even, as a result of an unfortunate crash at UCI MTB World Championships in Australia. Multiple World Championship winner Rachel Atherton has been forced to pull out of Red Bull’s pioneering female-only event due to a bone breaking crash. The Fox Hunt is an annual event which sees 200 amateur female riders chase a World Champion in a hectic downhill race. Replacing Atherton at the front of the pack will be Katy Winton. Let’s hope Rachel remembers how to crash properly before her next big event!
Mountain Bike Rider names Britain’s Best Bike Shop
One of the biggest names in Mountain Biking journalism has named it’s favourite Bike Shop. Thousands read Mountain Bike Rider every day in print and online, and those readers voted together to nominate the Shrewsbury based independent business as the best place to buy a bike in the whole country. So what makes The Trailhead such a great place to shop? Perhaps it’s the team of friendly staff, the renowned high quality of gear or maybe it’s the fact that industry nice-guy Sandy Plenty is the owner of the business…